Elevating and unloading apparatus.



PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

J. W. GOGHILL, J3. lALEVATING AND UNLQADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13. 1905.

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PATENTBD JULY 24, 1906.

' J. WQ Goan-ILL, JA. ELEvAT-ING AND UNL-OADING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV.13.1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. GOGHILL, JR., OF ROSEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application filed Novemberl, 1905. Serial No. 287,127.

To all whom it may concern:

to a position above the bins of the storehouse' or elevator and the contents of the body discharged into the same and the body portion returned to its position upon the running-gear.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departingA from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention within the scope of the appended claims. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side lelevation of the improved apparatus. Figs. 2 andB are enlarged detail views of the .wagon-body-holding device. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1 with the wagon-body and tilting members in horizontal position. Fig. 6 is a perspective view, enlarged, of the brace-hook.

The improved apparatus may be arranged for use in connection with any form or construction of storehouse, crib, grain-elevator, or the like ,or to structures of this class of any size or capacity, but for the purpose of illustration is shown in the drawings applied lto a conventional grain-storehouse structure, (represented as awhole at 10.) Storehouses of this classl are generally constructed with a central driveway, as at 11, with the storagebins 12 13 at each side and into which the have invented a new and useful grain is deposited and from which it is spouted or otherwise removed when required.

In the smaller storehouses two bins only are employed, and in the larger structures the bins are multiplied by arranging them endA to end along the sides of the driveway, and the im roved apparatus herein described is adapte without structural changes to storehouses having any number of the storage-bins by simply duplicating the tilting devices, as hereinafter described.

In a storage structure of the class herein shown the central driveway is approached by inclines 32 and provided with doors 33 and is frequently utilized for the storage of grain when the supply exceeds the capacity of the storage-bins, and the improved apparatus herein shown and described is readily adapted to discharge the load of the wagonbodyfor other receptacle into this drivewayspace or into the bins, as required.

The improved device comprises an inclined runway having spaced tracks leading from the ground to apoint above the storage structure, a tilting device above the storage structure to receive the wagon-body and hold the same while being discharged of its load, an adjustable chute to guide the grain into the various bins or pockets, and variousmnor details of the construction, whichwill be hereinafter described.

The runway may be of any required length and constructed with any required grade, the incline depending largely upon the'size and height of the storage structure.

The improved runway consists of inclined rails 14 115, spaced apart sufficiently to permit a wagon to be driven between them.

The rails 14 15 terminate at their upper ends at the nearest wall of the storage structure 10 and above the driveway 11, as at 16 17, and the rails 14 15 are continued over the storage structure by spaced rails 18 19.

The terminals 16 17 and the rail-sections 18 19 are disposed some distance above the structure 10 and supported in that position by a suitable framework 20, this framework also supporting spaced members 21 22 upon which the rail members 18 19 are mounted to swing vertically, as by pivots 23 24.

At one or morepomts in the framework 20 stops 25 are pivoted at 26 and provided with springs 27 tohold their free ends projected into the paths of the swinging rail members 18 19 and support them in closed position or in alinement with the rails 14 15.

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30 and the body or boX at 31, the latter' shown arranged upon the rails 18 19in position for discharging its load, as hereinafter described.

The wagon-body 31 is provided with suitably-constructed carrier' devices clamped to the body and provided with flanged wheels for running upon the rails 1'4 15 and 18 19.

The carrier devices consist of U-shaped members 34 3.5, bearing beneath the body and extending above the same, and transverse bars 36 37, bearing across the upper edges of the body and with which the vertical por'- tions of the members 34 35 are slidably connected by keepers 38 39. The vertical portions of theV members 34 35 are provided with spaced. notches 40 41, and the bars 36137 are provided. with cams 42 43, operatingl to couple the notched members with the keepers at any required point, and thus adjustably couple the parts. Thus the carrier-bars 36 37 may be firmly clamped in position upon the body 31 and adapted to bodies of different sizes. The extremities of thek bars 36 37 are provided with flanged wheels 44 45 for running upon the rails 14 115 and rail-sections 18 19, as will be obvious. The bar 37 is pro- 'vided with spaced eyes 46 47, to which a draft-chain 48 is coupled, a pull-cable 49 leading from the chain over guide-sheaves 50 to a point near the ground to enable the horses or other power to be readily applied.

Attached to one or both of the rail members 18 19 are brackets 51, having hooks 52, pivoted at 53 thereon. for bearing over the bar 37 when the latter is moved into` the paths of the hooks, and thus holding the body 31 locked to the rails to prevent backward. movement when the tilting action occurs, the hooks having inclined' faces 67 leading thereto to guide the member 37 into the same. The hooks 52 are provided with lugs 54, which the member 3-7 strikes for throwing the hook over into engagement with the member if left in open position. The tailboard 55 of the wagon-body 31 is mounted to swing outward at the lower edge upon a transverse rod 56, the tail-board having a lock-lever 57 pivoted at 58 thereto and adapted for engagement at the ends with hooks 59 60 upon the body 31. The pivot 58 is located at one side of the center of the lockthereby,

bar 57, so that it will swing by gravity into operative engagement with the hooks 59 60 when released. A chute 61 is mounted to swing, as at 62, beneath the rear ends ofthe rail-sections 18 A19 and the body 31, held to receive the load from the body when the tail-board is released and conduct the material intoy the bins 12 or 13, as required, receiving spouts 63 64 being arranged to receive the material from thetilting chute and conduct it to the bins. The chute 61 is detachable from its pivot 62, so. that it can beremoved when. the load is tok be .discharged into they central space or driveway 1.1.

With an a para-tus thusl constructed" and' the rail memers 18 1:9 ini horizontal' position andv held in place by the stop. member25the wagon to be unloadedais driven: to thefentrance-point of the rails 141 15l with the torward end of the body 3.1 between- .the lowest part of the rails. The carrier-bar 3.7 is then placed across the rails with the wheels; 45 bearing thereon and the bar1-clamped tothe body 31 by the U-sh'aped member 3'5 and cams 39. The bar 3'6is then clamped tothe body 31 near the rear or tail board by therlLl'- shaped member 3.4 and camsl 3-8, carebeing taken that the ianged wheels 44 are spaced the same distance from .the body 31 as the wheels 45. Thel draw-cable 4.9 and chain 48 are then connected tothe member37, andas the power is aplied tothe' cable by horses or other power t e body 31: is moved` upward along the tracks, with the result olitra-nsferring thebody 31 and' its load tof the. rail-seotions 18 19, the ends of the bar- 37 engaging the hooks 52, and thus locking the body and its attachments to the rail-sections. The chute 61 is then adjusted to'convey thematerial to the bin 12 or 131, as required, or removed entirely it the materiali is to be discharged intoA the space 1'1.` The lock-bar 57 is then released and they body 31 tilted into the position shown in Figs. 1 and` 4 andi the load discharged by gravity, thebody being limited inI its tilting movement by a stop 65. When the load is discharged, therail-secti'ons 18 19 are returnedtotheir horizontal? posibtion, carrying the body 3&1 and? its attachments with them, and the latter is= their per'- mitted to run back downtheinclinedtrack 11.4 1'5l to its former position upon the runninggear 30. The carrier'devices are then4 detached and the wagon driven away. A pullcord 66 is attached to the'trip-hooks 52v to enable the same to be o eratedI from the'ground.

Movably attache to one of the transverse bars 36 37, preferably to the rear bar 36,', are brace-rods 68 69, having*- spaced depend'- ing pins 70 71 at their Jree ends for bearing over the upper edgesof the bod-y'311' and preventing any swaying movement between the parts.

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I-Iaving thus described the invention, what is claimed isi 1. In a combined elevating and unloading apparatus, the combination of a storehouse divi ed into a plurality of receiving bins, spaced rails swinging vertically above said bins and spaced therefrom, inclined rails leading from the ground and with their upper terminals coinciding with said swinging rails when the same are in horizontal osition, spaced bars provided with bearing-w eels engaging said rails, a receptacle, means for suspending said receptacle from said bars, hoisting devices for moving said bars and the re ceptacle suspended therefrom over the inclmed rails and upon the swinging rails, a chute movably disposed between said receiving-bins and swinging rails for conducting the material discharged from said receptacle into said bins 2. In a device of the class described, stationary guide-rails spaced apart and disposed in inclined position, spaced rail-sections extending fromthe higher ends of said inclined rails and mounted to swing vertically, hanger members having means for coupling to the body portion of a vehicle and provided with bearing-wheels operating up on said rails, and hoisting devices for moving said hanger members and the body portion carried thereby longitudinally of said stationary rails and upon the swinging rail-sections.

3. In a device of the class described, stationary guide-rails spaced apart and disposed in inclined position, spaced railsections extending from the higher ends of said inclined rails and mounted to swing vertically, hanger members having means for coupling to the body portion of a vehicle and provided with bearing-wheels o erating upon said rails, means for locking sai hanger members to said swinging rail-sections, and hoisting devices for moving said hanger members and the body portion carried thereby longitudinally of said stationary rails and upon the swinging rail-sections.

4. In a device of the class described, stationary guide-rails spaced apart and disposed in inclined position, spaced rail-sec tions extending from the higher ends of said inclined rails and mounted to swing vertically, spaced bars having bearing-wheels operating upon said rails, a rece tacle, means for sus ending said rece tac e from said bars, and lioistingr devices or moving said bars and the receptacle suspended therefrom longitudinally of said stationary rails and upon said swinging rail-sections. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\ JNO. W. COGIIILL, JR.

Witnesses:

J. C. DITTMAN, Jr, CARY J. BOYD.. 

